I agree with Eric and Daniel. In my experience and opinion, injuries from weightlifting are caused by 3 things: improper form, too much weight, and exercise overuse i.e. doing the same exercise all the time and never changing routines.
Personally, upright rows don't fit my biomechanics regardless of weight or form so I avoid them and do things like dumbell/barbell shrugs and face pulls - but that's me. The bottom line as Eric pointed out is don't do an exercise if it causes you pain or you will have injuries like impingement as Daniel pointed out. I think sometimes people get stuck in the mindset that there are certain exercises you HAVE to do or a muscle group won't develop and/or grow. Outside of powerlifting and olympic lifting where there are exercises you HAVE to do to compete, one should peruse the myriad of exercise shown on SHF and pick the ones that work best for them as well as change up the routine periodically.
John