Is it safe to connect external USB 2.0 hard drive to laptop via USB to USB-C adapter

My Lenovo P15 Gen 1 laptop has 3 USB-C connectors:

A single USB-C (3.2 Gen 1) connector
Two Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C) connectors

Is it safe to connect “standard” USB-2/3 external hard drives (or for the matter of fact – any other USB-2/3 device) via a simple USB to USB-C adapter to either one of those ports?
All the external hard disks I own are micro USB to USB Type A.

It’s just that I’ve had bad experience with connecting several external hard disks via non-externally-powered USB hubs — which sometimes cause actual damage to the drives.

Exact connectors’ specs, from the laptop’s user guide:

The actual USB to USB-C converter I intended to use: